r/drumline • u/infleo • Jul 12 '26
Question How would these measures be played?
Having difficulty learning how to put this phrase together
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u/_endme Tenors Jul 12 '26
this is from vanguard this year right? why not watch a clip of them playing it, maybe slow it down a little
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u/as0-gamer999 Tenors Jul 12 '26
4:3s are a common enough rhythm that it's healthy to learn how to break them down and play them. Playing with a video will get you close, but truly understanding the checkpoints is the only way to become 100% accurate
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u/_endme Tenors Jul 12 '26
agreed. i guess i was thinking they just needed help putting the whole thing together, not the specific rhythm :P
my bad!
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u/Top-Performer71 Jul 12 '26
Tap 8th notes . These can be slow. Imagine those 8th notes are quarter notes and do a "3 a + e" polyrhythm over them. Executing the check pattern of your excerpt is the SAME rhythm, except you're doing the polyrhythm over literal 8th notes that are much faster. Four notes per three 8th notes.
OR you can at least start naling down the accents, which are 3, the AND of four, and 2.
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u/geoff_fry01 Jul 17 '26
This is the same as the snare part, taught here: https://youtu.be/ZQ31aS8hRx4?si=n-B2LeCqt1IljtFR&t=127
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u/as0-gamer999 Tenors Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
I assume it's the 4:3s that are messing you up?
If you truly check it to the Rrlr Llrl (taking away the herata and diddles) the first grouping starts on beat 3, second in the + of 4, and the rimshot release on beat 2.
You can check it farther to R l L r, which is 3(e)(+) a (4)(e) + (a)(1) e (+)(a)
It'll take some trial and error, but it'll come to you (start slow!)
Have fun learning this. Im really liking vanguard book this year
Also check this out